The Drive with Will Dalton

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh breaks down who he has more faith in at home tonight between UNC and Wake Forest, Anish Shroff, of ESPN, joins the show to detail what Wake Forest will be facing in Stanford, tonight, and how much Bill Belichick loves lacrosse, “conspiracy Josh” shows up to tell why he thinks Drake might be suing Kendrick Lamar, and Tripp Tracy, from the Carolina Hurricanes TV broadcast...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why Cooper Flagg isn't getting the type of hype Zion did, breaks down the endless storylines that come with Notre Dame and Ohio State playing for the National Championship, WD goes to the movies to review "Phonebooth", and David Glenn, of the NC Sports Network, joins the show to detail Wake Forest concerns and what's up with RJ Davis.

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why Cooper Flagg has become a national player of the year contender, explains how the Washington Commanders have become the story of the year in the NFL, Wake Forest head coach, Steve Forbes, joins the show to detail the Deacs' current win streak and Cam Hildreth going for 31 points against Miami, and voice of USA Baseball, Daron Vaught, joins the show to discuss pass...

On a Friday Drive, Josh makes his prediction for NC State-UNC, the Cotton Bowl between Texas and Ohio State, reveals his picks for the NFL Wild Card weekend in Best Bets, publisher for Deacons and Devils Illustrated, Conor O'Neill, joins the show to reflect on what new Wake football coach, Jake Dickert, has done in the transfer portal, so far, and Josh and WD reveal their complete NFL playoff and...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh tells why he has Penn State beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, ponders the possibility of the Panthers being on “Hard Knocks” next year, national college basketball writer for The Athletic, Brendan Marks, joins the show to tell if Duke is the best team in the country, makes bets for Penn State-Notre Dame and Ohio State-Texas in Best Bets, Hayes Permar, of Sports Chann...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh tells how Cooper Flagg just took another step forward for Duke, reacts to the latest Bill Belichick to the NFL news, details the mistake that UNC freshman, Ian Jackson, just made ahead of NC State, and sixth man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to see if Josh knows what “Blue Devils” are in a session of Grahammar School.

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why there’s never been a more positive time for the Carolina Panthers under David Tepper and why it’s time to give Tepper his flowers, explains why he thinks SMU will upset the Tar Heels at the Smith Center, tonight, Tom Haberstroh, of Yahoo Sports, joins the show to help preview Duke-Pitt as well as his cause with Jon Scheyer and Jeff Capel to help fight ALS, and Jo...

On a Monday Drive, Josh reacts to Dave Canales making another bold decision moving into the Carolina Panthers offseason, tells why people should not be sleeping on Wake basketball, voice of USA Baseball, Daron Vaught, joins the show to review the 2014 movie "Chef" with WD, Josh's brother, Jordan, joins the show in the aftermath of losing out on $1,600 in his NFL survivor pool, and play-by-play voi...

On a Friday Drive, Josh tells why it’s time to stop the Hubert Davis “hot seat” talk, makes his prediction for the final Panther game of the year against the Falcons, David Glenn, of the NC Sports Network, joins the show to break down the Florida State-Leonard Hamilton law suit, and 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to tell Josh his opinion on what we’ve seen so far from this Tar Hee...

On the first Drive of 2025, Josh tells why this weekend was vindication for the College Football Playoff committee, makes three bold sports predictions for 2025, tells why there's some good news for ACC basketball to start the new year, Brad Idzik talks about "twinkle toes" in Panthers Coordinator Sound, WD goes to the movies to review "Fletch", and voice of USA Baseball, Daron Vaught, joins the s...

On a the last Drive of 2024, Josh tells why the Carolina Panthers should stand by Ejiro Evero, in spite of many calling for his job, tells why 2024 was the year of the NC State Wolfpack, but "Chapel Bill" will be coming in 2025, attaches letter grades to the sporting events of 2024 in Graham's Grades, writer for Panthers.com, Darin Gantt, joins the show to tell how he would grade the 2024 Panthers...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells how national college football pundits ruined his watching experience of the College Football Playoff, this weekend, tells why the Carolina Panthers offense is poised to take off in 2025, tries to figure out what people want for Christmas in Weekly Positivity, David Glenn, of the NC Sports Network, joins the show to tell why how a team performs in the College Football...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh catches up with new Wake Forest head football coach, Jake Dickert, after his introductory press conference about the process of getting to Wake Forest and building relationships with his players, Josh reveals his full bracket picks for the College Football Playoff, and voice of USA Baseball, Daron Vaught, joins the show to discuss what he wants for Christmas in Unusual Qu...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh reacts to Wake Forest hiring Washington State head coach, Jake Dickert, as the new head coach of the Deacs, tells why UNC will end up being an NCAA Tournament bubble team, Grimsley head football coach, Darryl Brown, joins the show to discuss whether or not he's met Bill Belichick yet and how Faizon Brandon has handled this season after committing to Tennessee, Josh discu...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh lists out some of the best candidates to replace Dave Clawson at Wake Forest, tells why Florida will be a mismatch for Carolina, tonight, explains why the ACC had the best year in football of any conference, and Wes Durham, of ACC Network, joins the show to tell how Bill Belichick coming to North Carolina will impact the rest of the ACC and to tell why Wake Forest fans s...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why you should write off the Panthers loss to the Cowboys, explains why Cade Tyson's breakout against LaSalle is such a big deal for the Tar Heels, reacts to Dave Clawson stepping down after 11 seasons at Wake Forest, voice of the Deacs, Stan Cotten, joins the show to give his immediate reaction to the Dave Clawson news, and ESPN's, Ryan McGee, joins the show to discu...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh tells how many wins will be enough for Bill Belichick to be considered be a success in year one at Carolina, explains why it seems that Andy Dalton's car crash may have been a turning point for Bryce Young and the Panthers as a franchise, Bomani Jones joins the show to tell whether or not Bill Belichick has made UNC a football school, talks about Willow the "Guard Dog" in...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh react to North Carolina hiring Bill Belichick to be the next head coach, tells why Bill Belichick would want to do this, new App State head football coach, Dowell Loggains, joins the show to discuss Josh Allen speaking in “movie quotes”, Josh explains the downsides of Bill Belichick coming to the Tar Heels, and 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to react to...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why it seems that the UNC coaching search isn’t going well, tells why how Duke wins against Incarnate Word, tonight, is the most important thing, voice of USA Baseball, Daron Vaught, joins the show to talk WD off the ledge about Juan Soto and to discusses reading the owners manual in Unusual Questions, and WD goes to the movies to review "Trading Places".

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why it looks like Bill Belichick is the front runner to get the North Carolina head coaching job, explains why Carolina Panthers fans need to leave Xavier Legette alone, attaches letter grades to the ACC basketball weekend that was in Graham’s Grades, breaks down the reaction of the College Football Playoff committee’s selections, and writer for Panthers.com, Darin Ga...

On a Friday Drive, Josh tells who he believes are the finalsts for the UNC head coaching job, tells why the Eagles are a mismatch for the Carolina Panthers, reveals his NFL picks for the weekend in Best Bets, voice of the HSFB Game of the Week, Dave Polaski, joins the show to set the stage for tonights playoff matchup between Grimsley and Hough, and Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the sho...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh pushes back on the notion that SEC is now the king of college basketball, tells why this will be a "measuring stick game" for the Packers against the Lions, reveals his picks for championship weekend in college football, in Best Bets, explains why the College Football Playoff is killing the spirit of college football, reacts to Bill Belichick interviewing for the North Ca...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh sets the table for what he believes to be the game of the ACC/SEC Challenge in UNC-Alabama, tells why SMU should consider not playing in the ACC title game against Clemson, Josh’s brother joins the show to give his latest pick for his NFL survival pool, in honor of national signing day, Josh puts WD through the “Signing Day Spelling Bee”, and voice of USA Baseball, Daron...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why this will be UNC AD, Bubba Cunningham's, most important hire when he replaces Mack Brown, explains why Wake Forest needs to beat Texas A&M, tonight, if they want to avoid the NCAA Tournament bubble, WD goes to the movies to review "Meet The Parents", updates where the ACC stands ahead of the latest College Football Playoff rankings, and 6th man of the Tar Hee...

On a Monday Drive, Josh reacts to App State firing Shawn Clark and tells why it’s such a gamble for the Mountaineers, tells why the Carolina Panthers are currently in the best case scenario after their loss to the Bucs, attaches letter grades to rivalry weekend in Graham's Grades, reacts to WD asking Baker Mayfield's opinion about flag planting, and publisher for Deacons and Devils Illustrated, Co...